So, some people have been driving past me lately yelling "I like your tattoo" when most of my clothing covers half of them, so I get confused...you can't even see it!
Here's the scoop:
This one means the most to me, and it's the most recent one. It's a geisha by Audrey Kawasaki. Her work is mostly female forms of erotic art. I think it's beautiful because it has so much emotion, and coming from a Japanese woman who's family is quite conservative, it's pretty amazing work! So, the story here is very personal but I have no reason to hide it anymore. Two years ago one of my friends raped me. I didn't think much of it at first because I think I was hiding it all inside for quite a long time. I actually just got out of therapy for it last December. Some women get raped at my age, and don't have a breakdown about it until like 20 or 30 years later, surprisingly enough. I went through a lot with it, my mother and I argued a lot over who's fault it was, which made the situation even more straining. But it's very much come to a closure for me at this point in my life, which is big for me so I wanted something to prove how strong I can actually be to remind myself of that strength every single day. I love geisha's and how feminine/delicate they are. They don't typically sleep with men, they are only there to provide entertainment/someone to hang out with. So i had this tattooed to say that men "can't just have me."
This tattoo I was quite disappointed in. My mom is heavily tattooed, and took me to her artist who I don't really like! I asked for a stencil but he ended up doing it freehand, and cursive varies with everyone. It says "motivation" but the "V" is fucked up! Oh well, as long as I know what it means to me, right? I wanted it somewhere on my arm so it could be one of the first things I see when I wake up, and it would be a constant reminder to keep going and get my ass out of bed to live another great day!
This one was my very first tattoo about three months after I turned 18 years old. One of my favorite bands at the time was "The Honey Trees" and their EP was titled "Wake the Earth" which I thought was beautiful. I have this belief that everyone needs to live passionately, and not many do because they either live in fear or are afraid to be themselves/do what they want to do in order to be happy because they fear of what everyone else will think of them and their actions. Lots of people beat around happiness. Live life through love, be happy, be yourself, and never look back. So "wake the earth" just means that people need to awaken and be alive.
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